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Live coverage: Don Hill resumes his testimony in Dallas City Hall public corruption trial

Former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill will take the stand again today in his corruption trial to defend himself against allegations that he and several others pressured affordable housing developers to pay him and his associates in order to get their southern Dallas projects passed the city council.

Yesterday, Hill told jurors about his background, but said little about the indictment charging him with heading a conspiracy to take bribes and extort money. His attorney, Ray Jackson, has argued throughout the trial, which began in late June, that Hill was a dedicated councilman who was the victim of an overzealous FBI investigation.

Hill’s first day of testimony was overshadowed by prosecutors playing a new wiretap that seemed to show him talking about a shakedown involving a maintenance contract in the Dallas arts district.

Click below to follow Hill’s testimony live. If you are on a mobile device, you can also see the coverage at www.coveritlive.com/mobile and select “Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial” in live events.